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She held up one lone survivor A delicate globe that ht me from a business trip to New York The statue of Liberty stood proudly in the ht, back when my dad was stillon the edge ofher ar her fa of your father, honey, I’ve been trying to get a hold of him I have a dentistry conference this weekend and I wanted you to spend the weekend at his house But he hasn’t returned my calls yet Maybe he’s out of the country on business"

Or ht But I didn’t say it It pained my mother to no end that he had lost all interest in ure out if it bothered hi part of my life anymore and so he just didn’t want to re the details of ly, even with Harmonia’s memories returned to me, my mortal memories still bothered me My mortal father could still cause me pain Curious I turned to my mother

"Mom, seriously, that’s not necessary I’ byon two thousand Too bad I couldn’t hed "And it’s not that I don’t trust you It’s just that I worry What if there’s another earthquake?" She looked around my dismantled room "I don’t want you home alone in that case"

"Mom, I’ll be fine I wasn’t even scared Honestly"

"Hmm Okay, maybe," she murmured "And maybe is a maybe, not a yes"

I so to school today," she announced as the rooain with an aftershock "It would make me more comfortable to have you at home And besides, you have a mess to clean up"

I looked around That was an understatement It looked like a train had hit my room

And fro ofto check onto find it My mom pulled it out froet ready for work," she said "Have a great day I’ll call you later"

I nodded as I answeredto even say hello I smiled at his obvious concern

"Yes, I’h How about you?"

"I’estive and I could practically see hi his dark eyebrows "If you need soht Your rin

I kneas grinning I could hear it I absolutely loved his shts of hoe had spent so many afternoons in Cleopatra’s palace in Alexandria invaded hts and distracted me I could still practically feel the taste of his lips and the feel of his rock-hard I forced h

"Speaking of o to school today, so you don’t need to coot to stay here and clean up this roaned What a disaster My fingers itched to pick it up right now The clean freak inhome, huh? Need some help?" Gavin’s husky voice was hopeful and oh-so-sexy and I feltthat if you ca done"

"Well, you would, but it wouldn’t help your room," he conceded "But I rab soht?"

"Absolutely," I replied "Just not that Italian place"

"Agreed," he replied "No arguments there I’ll come by after school I love you"

"I love you too"

"By the way thanks for the late night text What’s up with that?"

I kneould ask